Red Cloud

Student information card of Roger, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and departed on June 19, 1882.

In school documentation Roger is also known as Cloud Shield and Mahpiya Wahacanka.

Note: In a version at Yale of the photograph of the first male students, Richard Henry Pratt identifies one of…

Page one opened with information, including statistics, from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs about Carlisle and other schools as reported by Indian agents. Page two contains more arguments for, and accounts of support for, educating Indian youth. The article "Our Dining Hall" describes the physical space, the work the…

Studio portrait of Red Cloud, a Sioux chief. 

Student newspapers reported that Red Cloud visited the school in January of 1883. This photo was probably taken during that visit. 

The Cumberland County historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-057Bc and CS-CH-026.

Studio portrait of visiting chief Red Cloud. This image is dated to January 1883, which coincides with a visit to the school as reported in the school paper. 

Studio portrait of Red Cloud, a Sioux chief, with Special Agent Townsend and an unidentified male student. 

The school newspapers reported a visit to the school by Red Cloud and Agent Townsend in January 1883. 

Studio portrait of Red Cloud, a Sioux chief, with Special Agent Townsend and an unidentified male student. 

The school newspapers reported a visit to the school by Red Cloud and Agent Townsend in January 1883. 

Samuel Chapman Armstrong writes to Richard Henry Pratt informing him that he telegraphed instructions for Pratt to be sent a complete set of Hampton Institute photograph to be used in his recruitment efforts. At this time, Pratt was preparing or had already left on a recruitment trip. Armstrong also notes that he sent a photograph to Spotted…

Letter from Richard Henry Pratt to Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs Edwin J. Brooks regarding sick students discharged from the Hampton Institute. Pratt insists that too many boys were sent home, against his and the doctor's advice, and asserts that Spotted Tail and Red Cloud will be less interested in sending students to Carlisle as a…

Captain Richard Henry Pratt writes to Ezra H. Hayt, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, regarding the first groups of Sioux, Menominee Ponca, Pawnee, Kiowa, Comanche, Wichita, Seminole, Cheyenne, and Arapaho children and young adults brought to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt offers a detailed description of the journey, and then lists each…

Richard Henry Pratt encloses a copy of a letter from B. F. Beveridge to Charles Tackett about how to ensure that the Indian chiefs while visiting Washington D.C. stay at the Washington House (Beveridge's establishment). In his cover letter, Pratt informs the Commissioner that he intends to discharge Charles Tackett but thinks it should be done…

Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to send James, a member of the Sioux Nation, back to his home.